CVE-2017-0166

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when LDAP request buffer lengths are improperly calculated. In a remote attack scenario, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application to send malicious traffic to a Domain Controller, aka "LDAP Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-131

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 12, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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